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| Match Summaries : August 2005 |
| City 1-2 Kings Lynn : Saturday August 13th 2005 |
City
1: Matt Bath
(goal 5 mins)
2: Chris Thompson
3: Richard Mansell
(booked 63 mins)
4: Neil Griffiths
(booked 13 mins)
5: Lyndon Tompkins
(sub 45 mins)
6: Marvin Thompson
7: Neil Mustoe
8: Tom Webb
9: Daryl Addis
10: Richard Kear
(sub 61 mins)
11: Lee Davis
(booked 31 mins)
(sub 81 mins)
Substitutes
12: Lance Lewis
for Richard Kear
14: Adie Harris
for Lee Davis
15: Eddie Rimmer
16: Jamie Reid
for Lyndon Tompkins
(booked 46 mins)
17: Lee Randall
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Kings Lynn
1: John Higgs
2: Dean West
3: Mark Camm
4: Sam McMahon
(sub 36 mins)
5: Grant Cooper
6: Simon Clark
7: Paul Kelly
8: Jack Defty
(booked 23 mins)
9: Adam Smith
10: Danny Bloomfield
(goal 45 mins)
11: Cedric Anselin
(goal 34 mins)
Substitutes
12: Robbie Harris
14: Martin McNeil
15: Charlie Defty
for Sam McMahon
16: Stephen Harvey
17: Arron Benstead
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This was a game that Chris Burns will look back at and wonder if he gave too much respect to what was ultimately an average team. Knowing that the Devon side throw money at players and are deseperate for promotion the gaffer had defence in mind as he started with a 5-4-1 formation with Daryl Addis on his own up front and despite looking superb against Merthyr Lee Davis was dropped back into midfield.
With Tiverton missing their giant thug Nathan Rudge at the back it was a surprise to see that they had a ready made replacement in Mike Walker, alongside him was former City striker Paul Milsom. Str |
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| Chippenham Town 3-0 City : Tuesday August 16th 2005 |
Chippenham Town
1: Steve Perrin
2: Ross Adams
3: Wayne Torne
4: Gary Thorne
(goal 41 mins)
5: Matt McEntegart
6: Iain Harvey
7: Sam Allison
(booked 60 mins)
(sub 80 mins)
8: Ian Herring
9: Dave Gilroy
10: James Constable
(goal 18 mins)
(sub 80 mins)
11: Sam Jones
(sub 45 mins)
Substitutes
12: Alan Griffin
for James Constable
14: Nick Bunyard
for Sam Jones
15: Sean Seavill
for Sam Allison
16: Josh Jefferies
17: Gianni Di-Francescantonio
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City
1: Matt Bath
2: Jamie Reid
(sub 75 mins)
3: Richard Mansell
4: Neil Griffiths
5: Marvin Thompson
6: Chris Thompson
7: Neil Mustoe
(booked 40 mins)
8: Tom Webb
9: Daryl Addis
10: Richard Kear
(sub 58 mins)
11: Lee Davis
(sub 58 mins)
Substitutes
12: Lance Lewis
for Richard Kear
14: Eddie Rimmer
for Jamie Reid
15: Adie Harris
for Lee Davis
16: Lee Randall
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This was a game that Chris Burns will look back at and wonder if he gave too much respect to what was ultimately an average team. Knowing that the Devon side throw money at players and are deseperate for promotion the gaffer had defence in mind as he started with a 5-4-1 formation with Daryl Addis on his own up front and despite looking superb against Merthyr Lee Davis was dropped back into midfield.
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| Cheshunt 1-1 City : Saturday August 20th 2005 |
Cheshunt
1: Martin Peat
2: Dean Fenton
3: Glen Parry
(booked 72 mins)
4: Nicky Gyoury
5: Steve Magona
(sub 68 mins)
6: Dave Reddington
7: Anthony Fenton
8: Steve Obeng
(sub 55 mins)
9: George Gregoriou
(goal 49 mins)
10: Lee Allen
11: Bobby Highton
Substitutes
12: Robert Tungatt
14: Tommy Morgan
15: Ross White
for Steve Obeng
16: Ryan Bernard
for Steve Magona
17: Michael Kalli
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City
1: Matt Bath
2: Jamie Reid
(sub 82 mins)
3: Richard Mansell
4: Neil Griffiths
5: Marvin Thompson
(sub 55 mins)
6: Chris Thompson
7: Neil Mustoe
8: Tom Webb
9: Daryl Addis
10: Lee Davis
(goal 23 mins)
11: Keith Knight
Substitutes
12: Adie Harris
for Marvin Thompson
14: Lee Randall
for Jamie Reid
15: Dave Wilkinson
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Chances are that City and Cheshunt have never met in a competitive fixture ever before so there was reason to believe that today was history in the making.
Following the easy victory for Chippenham in the week Chris Burns made a change by bringing in free from suspension Keith Knight to add quality to the midfield. Richard Kear was sat in the bar with crutches by his side before the game so he was out, which wasn't such a bad thing.
we'd been told not to expect much from the ground at Thoebalds Lane and to be honest we weren't disappointed. The stadium was little more than a dressed up field with an unused stand placed well behind the dugouts full of seats that had clearly been added to meet the grading criteria.
It seemed as though the north London side were there for the taking as City strode through their defence but goalkeeper Martin Peat stood firm. Cheshunt's only threat occured when Marvin Thompson came to Matt Bath's rescue as he nodded a loose ball over the bar after the City keeper could only parry a shot.
However it was the Tigers who took the lead when a weak back header from Dave Reddington fell kindly for Lee Davis to round the keeper and tap into an empty net. The funny thing was that the culprit had spent the opening twenty minutes 'advising' the players around him only to look a c**t when the chance came his way!
City had the bit between their teeth now and were looking to build on their lead but a long range shot from Rich Mansell drifted wide before an even better try from Davis narrowly missed as he curled one around the keeper.
Cheshunt came out for the second half like a team on a mission and got an equaliser within five minutes. Glen Parry made easy work of a fifty / fifty ball with Knight before exploiting the wide open left wing and whipping in a head height cross that George Gregoriou spectacularly volleyed home. A great goal that deserved more people in attendance to witness it!
Chances became few and far between for both sides but highlights included another attempted lob from Davis, a shot over the bar from Jamie Reid and Cheshunt's Parry getting a yellow card for tripping Jamie. The City youngster was replaced by Lee Randall with ten minutes remaining, if only to silence the gobshite in the stand who'd singled him out for a verbal bashing.
The Tigers could've won it at the death when Daryl Addis scooped a shot inches wide from a Neil Mustoe throw in but it creeped inches past the upright to deny a deserved victory. Funnily enough the Cheshunt manager thought we were poor and were there to be beaten.
What game was he watching??
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| City 1-1 Merthyr Tydfil : Tuesday August 23rd 2005 |
City
1: Matt Bath
2: Chris Thompson
(booked 37 mins)
3: Adie Harris
4: Neil Griffiths
(booked 65 mins)
5: Richard Mansell
6: Chris Burns
7: Neil Mustoe
(booked 88 mins)
8: Tom Webb
(booked 70 mins)
9: Daryl Addis
10: Lee Davis
(goal 39 mins)
11: Keith Knight
(sub 68 mins)
Substitutes
12: Lance Lewis
for Keith Knight
14: Lee Randall
15: Dave Wilkinson
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Merthyr Tydfil
1: Ashley Morris
2: Steve Williams
3: Paul Keddle
(booked 37 mins)
4: Adrian Needs
(sub 77 mins)
5: Jeff Eckhardt
6: Dale Griffiths
7: Mike Fowler
(sub 18 mins)
8: Dane Williams
(goal 90 mins)
9: Jason Welsh
(sub 60 mins)
10: Craig Steins
(booked 44 mins)
11: Ryan Dorrian
Substitutes
12: Jason Davies
14: Richard Ingram
15: Lewis Sommers
for Adrian Needs
16: Garry Shepherd
for Jason Welsh
17: Chris Thomas
for Mike Fowler
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| Tiverton Town 1-0 City : Saturday August 27th 2005 |
Tiverton Town
1: Mark Ovendale
2: Steve Winter
(goal 43 mins)
3: Shaun Goff
4: Mike Booth
(sub 88 mins)
5: Mike Walker
6: Paul Milsom
7: Dave Hambly
8: Chris Bale
9: Stewart Yetton
10: Chris Holloway
(sub 55 mins)
11: Kurt Nogan
(sub 71 mins)
Substitutes
12: Tom Gould
14: Kevin Wills
for Chris Holloway
15: Reiner Moor
for Kurt Nogan
16: George Friend
17: Adam Kelly
for Mike Booth
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City
1: Matt Bath
2: Adie Harris
3: Richard Mansell
4: Chris Thompson
5: Lance Lewis
(sub 81 mins)
6: Chris Burns
(booked 17 mins)
7: Neil Mustoe
8: Tom Webb
(booked 20 mins)
9: Daryl Addis
10: Lee Davis
11: Keith Knight
(sub 69 mins)
Substitutes
12: Richard Kear
for Keith Knight
14: Lee Randall
for Lance Lewis
15: Dave Wilkinson
16: Andy Cook
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This was a game that Chris Burns will look back at and wonder if he gave too much respect to what was ultimately an average team. Knowing that the Devon side throw money at players and are deseperate for promotion the gaffer had defence in mind as he started with a 5-4-1 formation with Daryl Addis on his own up front and despite looking superb against Merthyr Lee Davis was dropped back into midfield.
With Tiverton missing their giant thug Nathan Rudge at the back it was a surprise to see that they had a ready made replacement in Mike Walker, alongside him was former City striker Paul Milsom. Striker Jamie Mudge was also banned following a red card in a moonlighting appearance for Alphington in a Devon League match last season.
With just Daryl up front on his own he was having difficulty making the ball stick against two big defenders as well as a sweeper and the ball spent more time with the home side than City would've liked. However this lead the straw chewing yokels to believe we were a 'poor' side and 'only Gloucester' when the longest surviving members of the Southern League deserve more respect from a money throwing jumped up Western League team supported solely by OAP's.
Normally labelled a dirty side Tinpot Town didn't see any yellow cards but City did get two. Chris Burns was booked for a trip on Shaun Goff although it looked more clumsy than deliberate whilst Tom Webb had them spitting the straw out of their mouths when he tickled Chris Holloway's shin with his studs. Other than a couple of long range efforts and near squeaks from set pieces Tiverton barely threatened Matt Bath's goal and City were holding out well until wankeree Bill Lillington of Dorchester ruled that stand in right back Lance Lewis had savagely chopped Shaun Goff to the ground in the area. Lewis had his feet on the ground and arms by his side as the Tiverton player was 'fouled' when he ran in front of him. Shame really that the only way they could score (through Winters spot kick) was to cheat because they sure as hell weren't going to do it any other way.
The second half was much better for City as they realised that our team at a quarter of their wage bill could more than match them, however we would ultimately be undone by the one decision by the homer official looking forward to his sumptuous buffet provided by Tiverton after the final whistle. He had to pay them back somehow.
Typically the way our luck is going the goal was never to come and a clever near post flick by sub Lee Randall almost beat Ovendale whilst minutes later Tom Webb's piledriver did beat the keeper only to hit the net on the wrong side of the post. In the last minute a great diving header by Lee Davis was somehow kept out by the one time £450,000 keeper with no eyebrows and City went home pointless, robbed against one of the fancied teams in the league. |
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| City 1-3 Mangotsfield United : Monday August 29th 2005 |
City
1: Matt Bath
2: Adie Harris
3: Richard Mansell
(booked 76 mins)
4: Chris Thompson
5: Lance Lewis
6: Chris Burns
7: Neil Mustoe
(goal 18 mins)
8: Tom Webb
9: Daryl Addis
10: Lee Davis
11: Keith Knight
(sub 45 mins)
Substitutes
12: Richard Kear
for Keith Knight
14: Lee Randall
15: Dave Wilkinson
16: Andy Cook
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Mangotsfield United
1: Danny Greaves
2: Alex Ball
3: Drew Shore
(goal 25 mins)
4: Rob Cousins
5: Ollie Price
(booked 74 mins)
6: James Zabek
(booked 62 mins)
7: Dave Anyinsah
(sub 69 mins)
8: Ellis Wilmot
(goal 37 mins)
(sub 64 mins)
9: Robbie Claridge
(booked 19 mins)
(goal 45 mins)
10: Luke Corbett
11: Luke Prince
Substitutes
12: Dave Seal
14: Lee Howells
15: Ross Casey
for Ellis Wilmot
16: Chris Lane
for David Anyinsah
17: Gary Warren
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Mangotsfield came to Meadow Park with a favourable record at the home of football having being unbeaten since the turn of the millenium save for a 4-3 Tigers win on New Years Day 2003 and a County Cup success ten months later.
Chris Burns virtually had his team picked for him with an injured trio of defenders (Tompkins, Marv and Griff) on the sidelines so his unorthodox home formation of 4-5-1 saw his best players at the back to try to batten down the hatches and keep the rampant Mangos at bay. It had worked well enough on the road at Tiverton on Saturday but playing that way at Meadow Park was a sign of desperation.
The Bristol side, backed by the vocal Danny West Barmy Army included former City favourite Luke Prince as well as flop Ross Casey. Scummer Boy E***n had broken his hand a fortnight earlier so missed the game and a chorus of "Booo's".
Like Saturday City struggled to make an attacking impact with just Daryl Addis ploughing a lone furrow up front (cliché alert) and it would take a set piece for a yellow shirt to threaten Danny Greaves' goal. Unbelievably City were awarded a penalty when James Zabek slapped Keith Knight's free kick away with his palm although it did seem that Chris Burns might've been cameoing as a puppeteer behind the Mango's midfielder. Neil Mustoe placed the ball on the spot to a quiet hum of "Oh for f**k's sake" going around the ground before disapatching his shot into the right hand corner as the two-faced Tigers' fans exclaimed "I knew he'd score". Striker Robbie Claridge was cautioned for dissent following the goal.
The lead didn't last long though as former Cheltenham and whoever would take him on loan forward Luke Corbett tumbled in the box under no challenge from Richard Mansell using his trailing leg as a gravity defying route to the deck. The referee bought it and Drew Shore, the footballer not the coastline sent Matt Bath the wrong way from twelve yards.
It should've been two when Corbett set Claridge free and from an unmarked position on the penalty spot he diverted a diving header wide when it was easier to hit the target. It didn't take long to consign the miss to history though as when the ball fell loose of a scrum of players Ellis Wilmot cracked in a thirty yard grasscutter that Matt Bath watched wide, well, he thought it was wide but it crept embarrasingly inside his far post.
With half time approaching Corbett set his strike partner free again and from virtually the same spot Claridge tried the same diving header again but got it right this time as it looped up and over Bath before plopping under the bar and into 1-3 land.
As the players left the field for a bollocking Knighter became the subject of abuse from the T-End with the words "F**k Off Knighter, earn your money" audibly directed at the assistant boss. They were met with a beckoning hand signal and "Come over here you w@nker" in reply. No that I condone either party because as a fan I feel the frustration but Chris and Keith must feel it tenfold in the dressing room.
To be fair the second half was a dullfest in comparison to the first because all Mangotsfield had to do was shut up shop with the knowledge that we'd commit men forward and they have chance after chance on the break. Even the introduction of Richard Kear for Knight didn't help the cause because as good as Kear might've been for Cinderford he isn't the target man that Burnsy desperately needs and if players need to go before players arrive then I suspect he will be the first out of the door.
After escaping a booking for conceding the penalty in the first half Zabek had his name taken for launching himself into Daryl Addis' midrif. Ross Casey traded places with Wilmot for an anonymous thirty minute run out before the awkwardly pronouncable David Anyinsah made way for Chris Lane.
Webby himself escaped a booking for a perfectly executed ankle tap that brought an end to a surging Mangotsfield run but centre back Ollie Price wasn't so lucky as his scissored challenge on Addis from behind impressed the referee so much that he took his name and number.
It was inevitable that a City name would get taken though and Mansell was the unlucky recipient as he was cautioned for tugging at Corbett who was about to angle a run towards goal.
The closest we came to scoring was a decent penalty shout that was awarded the wrong way thanks to the referee's assistant, a lone City fan shouted "If you're not going to give us a penalty at least smile" in the Lino's direction. Lee Davis and Chris Thompson both had long range sniffs with the awesome Davis forcing Greaves to push the ball onto his post but we wouldn't have scored had we played for another hour.
We'll go bottom tommorrow night if Northwood beat Aylesbury. Here's to a long hard season!
Finally, what goes "Oooooooooo"? A cow without any lips. |
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